NPEGEL as
a distinct gender Component of SSA focuses on gender specific issues such as
out of school girls, drop out girls, overage girls, not completing
elementary education, working girls, girls from marginalized social group,
girls with low attendance, girls with low achievement etc.

NPEGEL in Jharkhand

NPEGEL
was initiated in Jharkhand in September 2003 with an objective of education
of under privileged / disadvantaged girls. The program was initiated with a
framework of structures at district, block and cluster level. A total of
2975 Model cluster Schools are functional at present in the State covering
24 districts of Jharkhand.

Following activities as well
as strategy has been conducted for improving the quality of NPEGEL centers

Recurring grant to MCS:

This
amount has provided to each MCS to meet the requirements of expenditure on
various activities for promotion of girls' education in the cluster
including maintenance of school and part time instructor for additional
inputs in specified subjects. Teachers were engaged for vocational training
for the period of 3 months in an academic year. Following activity has been
made under the recurring grant.

·Legal
Counseling –
Legal counseling gave a plate form to the adolescent girls to discuss theissues which they are facing in day to day life i.e. Child labour, Early
marriage, Dowry System, House hold harassment etc. Through Legal counseling
37765 in and out of school girls have been benefited during financial year
2010-2011.

The
objective behind organizing such legal counseling is to make the community
aware about social justice. In such camps KGBVs students were also
participated. The main speaker of such legal counseling were District
Collector, District Judge and other Judicial Officers of the district as
well as Block Officers.

·Health
Camp -
Health camp was organized in 247 blocks of 24 districts. It was organized
with the convergence of National Rural Health Mission, Jharkhand. At block
level Primary Health Centre was involved to organize the camp. Through
health camp 64490 girls have been covered in the state. Major things
discussed in the Health Camp are –

êPersonal hygiene

êDemerits of early marriage

êAnemia

êFacility available in health department

êPhysical changes in adolescent girls

Outcomes of this camp-
Free Health check up was organized with the help of local Primary Health
Centre. Free medicine was distributed among needy girls of MCS. Adolescent
girls become more conscious about their health and hygiene.

·Exposure
Visit - Exposure visit was organized for the girls of Model Cluster
Schools with the objective to get the first hand knowledge of the things.
Under this 52528 girls were participated in different district. The exposure
visit was boon for the girls of rural areas.

Outcomes of Exposure Visit-Most
of the girls were of poor family and it was their dream to visit such places
like science museum, Botanical Park, Aero dram, Zoological Park etc. It
improves the learning level of target group.

·Vocational
training: Girls enrolled in MCS was imparted along with life skill
education for holistic development of girl child and providing non academic
inputs to the beneficiaries of NPEGEL. For vocational training the raw
materials purchased and provision for honorarium of vocational trainer has
been made. The types of vocational training that provided dependent upon the
raw materials available and local market factors. 154663 girls was trained
in different trade i.e. Stitching, Knitting, Crossia work, Bamboo work,
Candle making, Artificial Jewellery making, Vermiculture etc. The skill
development training was given with the objective to enhance girls
capability to develop their earning ability.

·Bridge
Course:
This intervention has specially meant for hard to reach girls by reaching
out to them through bridge courses, flexible timings, back to school camps,
remedial teaching etc. In the financial year 2010-11the bridge course for
NPEGEL girls was organized with convergence of out of school component of
the state.

·Award
to school/ teachers: This provision is being made for providing award to school/
teacher at cluster level on the basis of their contributiontowards
achievement in enrollment, retention and learning outcomes of girl students.
The teachers engaged in vocational training and remedial teaching under
NPEGEL programme was also awarded.

·Mobilization
of the community: For mobilizing the community one day orientation meeting were
organized with the members of mata samiti, secretary of MCS and members of
SMC.

ECCE centres
:

Under
ECCE support provided to existing ECCE centers while in districts where ECCE
centers have been closed in convergence with ICDS the allocated amount
utilized for strengthening the Anganwari centers under ICDS programme.

Educational Intervention for female prisoners and their children in jails:

This
intervention consists of basic education, vocational training and life skill
training contributing to better quality of life.

Regularly follow-up
reflection meeting and documentation:

For
effective implementation, regular review-cum-reflection meeting has been
organized at each level i.e. State, District, Block, Cluster etc. and follow
by the documentation also.

Other activities:

With the
help of state level guidance the list of envisaged activities for NPEGEL are
as follows:-

-Competitive Events.

-Health awareness esp. on adolescent and reproductive health.

-Availability and use of gender sensitive materials.

-Availability of information on govt. schemes on vocational
training institutes etc. available in the block/district.